mislike
verbEtymology
From Middle English misliken (“to displease, offend; to disturb mentally, peturb; to dislike, find distasteful; to be unpleasant; to be displeased, dissatisfied, or unhappy; to feel sorry for (someone’s misfortune); of fruit or a tree: to fail to flourish”) [and other forms], from Old English mislīcian (“to displease; to disquiet”), from mis- (prefix meaning ‘bad; badly; wrong; wrongly’, or indicating a failure or lack) + līcian (“to like; to appeal to, please”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“like, similar; even, level”)). The English word is analysable as mis- + like. Cognates * Middle Dutch mislīken * Middle Low German mislīken * Old High German misselīchēn (“to displease”) (Middle High German misselīchen) * Old Norse mislíka (Icelandic mislíka (“to dislike”)) * Old Swedish mislika (modern Swedish misslika)
- inherited from misliken — “to displease, offend; to disturb mentally, peturb; to dislike, find distasteful; to be unpleasant; to be displeased, dissatisfied, or unhappy; to feel sorry for (someone’s misfortune); of fruit or a tree: to fail to flourish”
Definitions
To disapprove of or dislike (someone or something)
To disapprove of or dislike (someone or something); to have an aversion to.
- In latter years some of the better and nicer sort, misliking Joan, have mollified the name of Joan into Jane, as it may seem, for that Jane is never found in old Records; and as some will, never before the time of King Henry the eight.
To displease or offend (someone).
- But ther ys alſo interceſsion made to ſainctes, vvhich ys an other matter that miſliketh him therin, vvhich interceſsion alſo ys in the Maſſe of ſainct Iames.
- Er Christmas be passed let horse be let blood, / for many a purpose it doth them much good. / The daie of S. Stephen old fathers did vse: / if that doe mislike thee some other daie chuse.
- Mote not miſlike you alſo to abate / Your zealous haſt, till morrovv next againe / Both light of heuen, and ſtrength of men relate: […]
To displease or offend.
- This ſentence ſerues, and that my hand out-ſtrikes, / That pleaſeth vvell, and this as much miſlikes, […]
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To disapprove
To disapprove; also, to be displeased or unhappy.
- [U]niuſtly thou doeſt vvyte them all, / For that vvhich thou miſlikedſt in a fevv.
- A Gentlevvoman of the ſame Citty ſavv a fat hogge cut vp, and vvhen the intrals vvere opened, and a noyſome ſavour offended her noſe, ſhe much miſliked, and vvould no longer abide: […]
To become sickly or weak due to poor health
To become sickly or weak due to poor health; to waste away.
Aversion or distaste for something
Aversion or distaste for something; dislike; (countable, archaic) an instance of this.
- O let not my ſecure ſimplicity, breed your miſlike, […]
- [H]er miſlike of my Dreſs confirms me, this muſt be ſome levvd London Gimcrack, ſome Play-houſe haunting Couſin; […]
Lack of comfort
Lack of comfort; discomfort; also, difficulty; trouble; or sadness; unhappiness.
- His mother is sister to Mr James Murray, and hath now maryed Mr John Graham, a seruante of therle of Argile, to the greif and mislike of her best frendes.
The characteristic or state of incapacity, physical distress, or weakness due to poor…
The characteristic or state of incapacity, physical distress, or weakness due to poor health; sickliness; (countable) an instance of this.
Discontent, unrest
Discontent, unrest; (countable) an instance of this.
- [T]he mislike growne among thẽselves did wel allay the heat against her […]
Not like or similar
Not like or similar; different, unlike.
The neighborhood
- neighbormislikeness
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for mislike. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA